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Football Notebook: SEC commissioner honors Tigers’ 2011 title in Spring Game

By Chris Abshire
Sports Writer
April 1, 2012

The National L-Club Spring Game is usually about watching the LSU football team's future. Saturday's version felt a bit different, as decadent pre-game festivities honored the Tigers' recent past. Nearly...

Mic’d Up: Youth shine in Spring Game

By Micah Bedard
Sports Columnist
April 1, 2012

The scoreboard might have read 24-17 in favor of the White squad in Tiger Stadium when the Spring Game finished Saturday, but the real winners were a few underclassmen on the Purple team. Sophomore safety...

University celebrates with birthday party

By Elise Heglar, News Editor
April 1, 2012

Yesterday afternoon, the festivities for the University's 125th anniversary in Reynolds Coliseum continued with a birthday party. The venue was decorated especially for the party; balloons and streamers...

Junior quarterback Zac Mettenburger surveys the field in the annual spring game in Tiger Stadium Saturday.

Football: Mettenberger, young receivers showcase passing game

By Chris Abshire
Sports Writer
April 1, 2012

The whispered rumors slowly drifted out of the Charles McClendon Practice Facility all spring. LSU coach Les Miles was supposedly embracing a vertical passing game with new quarterback Zach Mettenberger...

Wanted: a party planning commission

By Technician Staff Editorial
April 1, 2012

The facts: After 125 years, the University decided to throw a party honoring its longevity. The party, held at 1:30 p.m., featured cameo appearances from the men's basketball team, the chancellor and Tom...

‘Canes help develop IM ball hockey

By Philip Misklow
Staff Writer
April 1, 2012

  When most students at N.C. State think of intramural sports, the first sports to pop into mind are the big three: flag football, basketball and softball. But there is an intramural sport that has...

Junior quarterback Zac Mettenburger surveys the field in the annual spring game in Tiger Stadium Saturday.

Football: Spring Game: White 24, Purple 17

By Alex Cassara
Sports Contributor
March 31, 2012

Tiger Stadium saw its only football of the spring on Saturday as the LSU squad split up for the annual spring game. The White team, which boasted a majority of the starters, defeated the Purple team, 24-17....

Football: 5 looming Spring Game questions

By Micah Bedard
Sports Columnist
March 30, 2012

The LSU football team has been patiently waiting and perfecting its craft the past four weeks at the Charles McClendon Practice Facility. On Saturday, the Tigers will cross the street to Tiger Stadium...

LSU junior quarterback Zach Mettenberger prepares to throw the ball Thursday during practice.

Football: Spring Game provides final peek at Tigers until fall

By Chris Abshire
Sports Writer
March 30, 2012

It's been a relatively quiet spring for the LSU football team. Too quiet. No major contributors suffered a serious injury, there's no quarterback controversy to stir and the Tigers are almost surely a...

LSU offensive guard Josh Dworaczyk (68) huddles with the Tigers’ offensive line Sept. 12, 2009, during the first quarter of the game against Vanderbilt in Tiger Stadium.

Senior offensive lineman Dworaczyk is team’s longest-tenured player

By Chris Abshire
Sports Writer
March 29, 2012

When the spring semester began, LSU senior offensive lineman Josh Dworaczyk was preparing for a potential Pro Day workout and even looking for a job. Instead, Dworaczyk is back with the Tigers at spring...

LSU freshman wide receiver Jakhari Gore (3) breaks a tackle April 9, 2011, during the second half of the spring game at Tiger Stadium.

Spring Game focus changes dynamic through the years

By Chris Abshire
Sports Writer
March 29, 2012

In recent years, LSU's National L-Club Spring Football Game has come to be a major barometer of the Tigers as they break from spring's 15 practices. Thousands of fans pack Tiger Stadium's lower bowl to...